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John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ

Most recent update: February 25, 2011.

John H. Dialogue was a machinist, who started in business repairing engines for locomotives and steamships.  He bought the Elias Kaighn foundry in 1854 and became one of the few licensees of Corliss stationary steam engines.  In 1862 he and some partners founded National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding Co., but this was not successful.  He then worked as a subcontractor before restarting his own business in 1870 as River Iron Works.  His partner died in 1874 and in 1890, he changed the name to John H. Dialogue & Son.  The company went bankrupt in 1913 and the 34-acre site at Kaighn's Point was sold for other uses.  Read more about it here.  See the site from the air on Google here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Delivered Disposition
1-152           Presumed to be contracts for engines
153 Capt. Thomas A. P. Champlin   Tug 24 1862 Also registered as Thomas A. P. Champlin
154 Lookout W. P. Clyde Tug 35 1862 Retired 2001
155 Edwin Ludlow   Tug 49 1863  
156 Wyoming     799 1863 Rebuilt as barge  1887
157 Koka U.S. Navy Monitor 614 1865 Not completed, scrapped 1874
158 Uno Solomon Thomas Tug 79 1864 To USN as Juniper 1864, to USLHB as Peter G. Washington 1865
159 J. W. Everman     692 1865 Converted to barge 1887
160 Douglass     49 1866 Lost 1898
161 Lillie Summers American Dredge Tug 50 1870 Later Comet 1884
162 Iris Lighthouse Service Lighthouse Tender   1871 Sold 1899
163 Schuyler Colfax U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Revenue Cutter 369 1871  
164 Aroma Mills Browning Brothers Tug 85 1872  
165 Reba   Tug 36 1872 Later J. H. Petersen 1906
166 Major   Tug   1872 Later Oceanic, Peter Cahill
167 Ferdinand R. Hassler U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Survey Vessel 319 1872 Later Clara Nevada, lost in Alaska 1898
168 Frank G. Fowler     49 1872  
169 Agnes   Passenger 448 1872 Later barge Israel W. Dunham 1898
170 Charles A Warren   Tug 41 1873  
171 Amanda Powell   Tug 38 1873  
172 Anna J. Kipp Leonard Kipp Tug 43 1873  
173 Samuel Gedney   Tug 49 1873  
174 City Ice Boat No. 3 City of Philadelphia Icebreaker 637 1874  
175 Rebecca   Tug 39 1874  
176 Bachelor   Tug 26 1874  
177 Diamond   Passenger 12 1874  
178 George W. Childs   Tug 98 1874  
179 Lightning   Tug 48 1874  
180 Spring Garden   Tug/Passenger 23 1874  
181 Pennsylvania   Tug 91 1874  
182 Stella   Tug 39 1874  
183 William. F. Havemeyer City of Philadelphia Fireboat 111 1875  
184 Ceres   Passenger 52 1875  
185 Altoona   Tug 64 1875 Later Senator Penrose 1918
186 General J. S. Schultze   Ferry 536 1875 Later  tank barge Schuylkill 1910
187 John W. Thompson   Passenger 497 1875 Later Harry Randall 1893, Capital City 1910
188 Evona   Tug 15 1875  
189 White Water   Passenger 61 1875 To USCOE 1911
190 Hercules James A. Wright Tug 119 1876  
191 North America Insurance Co. of North America Tug/Workboat 290 1876  
192 Argonauta   Tug 71 1876 To USQMD 1899
193 Juno   Passenger 63 1876  
194 Shackamaxon   Passenger 383 1877  
195 E. E. Simpson   Passenger 171 1877  
196 Hercules David Tillson Tug 77 1878 Later Victoria 1884
197 Brazil McKay, Scott & Co. Tug 123 1878  
198 Jennie Wilson Pilots Assoc. of New Orleans Pilot Boat 78 1878 First iron pilot boat
199 Juno     84 1878  
200 Inca   Tug 103 1879  
201 Nellie   Tug/Passenger 61 1879  
202 Pallas   Tug 33 1879 Later Christiana Baird 1884
203 Phoenix   Tug 95 1879  
204 Italian  J. D. Dailey Tug 58 1879 To USQMD as Reynolds 1898, J. C. Watson 1906
205 Kate Jones   Tug 123 1879 To USN as Seminole 1898, to USQMD as General Ayres, Kate Jones 1906 
206 Josiah W. Cloud   Tug 18 1879 Later Raymond 1906
207            
208 Hercules   Tug 156 1880  
209 Louise   Tug 105 1880  
210 Stella   Tug 80 1880  
211 John M Woodworth Marine Hospital Service Hospital Service 88 1880  
212 Edwin D. Hartley   Tug 60 1881 Later Harford 1905, later Elise Ann Conners, now in North River Tugboat Museum
213 Gladisfen   Tug 67 1881 Later Mercedes 1888
214 Underwriter Pilots Assoc. of New Orleans Pilot Boat 171 1881 To USN 1918 as YT 44, later Adirondack 1920, sold 1922
215 Samson  Port of New Orleans Passenger 160 1881  
216 Iris   Passenger 66 1881  
217 Ranger American Salt Co Cargo 273 1881 Later Parole 1887, Presidente Carazo 1890, wrecked on Colorado Bar 1896
218 Samuel G. King   Fireboat 63 1881  
219 Anna   Tug/Passenger 75 1881 Later Reliance 1893
220 S. J. Lennox   Tug 78 1881 Later Viking 1893
221            
222 Sofia Cia. Mexicana de. Nav. Tug 49 1882  
223 Benito Estenger Gallego, Messa & Co. Cargo  371 Jan-82 Deleted 1920
224 Arctic   Tug 33 1882  
225 Kensington   Tug 34 1882 Later Bauerline 1918
226 Argus Jas. A Wright (1890) Tug 171 1882  
227 Hercules   Tug 70 1882 To USN as Chickasaw 1898, sold  as Ross Reichert 1913; Harry R. Wheeler 1918
228 Protector   Tug 99 1882  
229 Emma Kate Ross Ross & Sanford (1890) Tug 127 1882 USN Service WWI as SP 2844, later Russell 5 1941, Essex 1941, Helen M. Mathiasen 1948
230 Cecilia   Passenger 98 1882  
231 Mary Wittich   Tug 127 1882  
232            
  Hawk   Tug 70 1882 To USN 1898 as Hercules (YT 13), sold 1937
233            
234 Echo   Tug 136 1883 Later Mongah 1918
235 Gladisfen Mrs. M.A. Meyer (1909) Tug 118 1883  
236 Ira M. Hedges Washburn Steamboat Co. Tug 76 1883  
237 Edwin Terry Washburn Steamboat Co. Tug 91 1883  
238 Elmer E. Wood   Tug 112 1883 Later Mongah 1910, Robert H. Lockwood 1936
239            
240            
241 American Augusto  Mexican Central Railway Co. Tug 135 1885 To Venezuela as Augusto, to Mexico as Tampico 1896
242            
243            
244            
245            
246            
247            
248            
249            
250            
251            
252            
253            
254            
255            
256 Charles H Fox   Tug 41 1884 Later Walter E. Sutton 1884
257 Governor Safford Gulf Steamboat Co. Passenger 307 Aug-84  
258 Corsair   Passenger 95 1884  
259 Sea Lion Merchants & Shipowners Tugboat Co. Tug 186 1884  
260            
261            
262            
263            
264 Madrono U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 412 1885 To USAT as Col. Charles L. Willard 1941
265 Chicago   Passenger/Tug 89 1885  
266            
267 Rescue   Tug 75 1886  
268            
269 Chauncey M. Depew   Tug 77 1886 Later N.Y. Central  Ltg. Co. No. 10, J. C. Reichart 1918
270 C. C. Clarke New York Central & H RR  Tug 150 1886 Later New York Central No. 3, A. W. Whitman, Corona 1918, Susan Elizabeth, scrapped 2008
275 A. H. Whiteman George W. Whiteman Tug 158 1886 Later New York Central No. 13, Charles Clarke, Corona 1918, N. H. De Bardeleben 1941, Shamrock 1962
271 Peerless   Tug 90 1886 Later Edmund J. Moran 1918
  Ybero   Cargo 300 1886 Foundered 1907
272            
273            
274            
275 Oakland New York Central & H RR  Tug 103 1887 Later N.Y. Central Ltg. Co. No. 13, Hay-de, Pier 63 Maritime Museum
276 Interstate New York Central & H RR  Tug 103 Dec-87 Later N.Y. Central Ltg. Co. No. 12
277 W. S. Williams Lamberts Point Towing Tug 136 1887 Later E. V. McCaulley
278 James McCaulley James McCaulley Tug 92 1887 Later Arabian 1918
279 Mercer Pennsylvania RR Tug 150 1887 Later St. Lawrence 1936
280            
281 Hercules P. Wright & Son Tug 142 1888 To USN 1898 as YT 13, sold 1937, now museum in San Francisco
282            
283 Pocahontas   Tug/Passenger 94 1888  
284 Dandy   Passenger 115 1888  
285            
286 Assistance Henderson Brothers Tug 100 1888 Later T. F. Richardson, W. H. Williams 1918
287 Douglas H. Thorne Dougherty & Co. Tug 140 1888 To USN 1889 as Triton (YT 10), sold 1930
288            
289            
290            
291            
292 Western Union Western Union Telegraph Co. Cable Layer 185 1889  
293 William P. Congdon   Passenger 69 1889  
294            
295            
296 L. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 255 1889 Later Defiance 1905, to USN 1918 as Challenge, (AT 59), later YT 126, struck 1946
297 N. and W. 1 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311 1890 Later Murrell 1906, scrapped 1949
298 N. and W. 2 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311 1890 Later Boswell 1905, scrapped 1963
299 Mars P. F. Martin & Co. Tug 278 1890 To USAT as ST 56
300 Armeria U.S. Lighthouse Service Lighthouse Tender 1052 1890  
301 Carbonero Export Coal Co. Tug 361 Jul-90 Later Daniel Williard 1905, Gypsum Queen 1917, USN service 1917-19, lost off Brest 1919
302            
303 Farniente   Passenger 12 1891  
304 H. M. C. Smith Merchants Mutual Line (1916) Tug 98 1891 Later Jack Scully 1918
305 Enterprise American Towing Co. Tug 214 1890 USN Modoc 1898, later YTL 16, later Flo
306 Edgar F. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 273 May-91 Later Luckenbach No.2,  USN service WWI as Cherokee SP-458, lost 1918
307 Asher J. Hudson Hudson Transportation Co (1916) Tug 136 1891 To USN 1918 as Yuma (YT 37), sold 1921 as Marathon
308 Regis Savannah  Lighterage & Transit Co. (1916) Passenger/Tow 92 1891  
309 West Jersey   Ferry 13 1891 Later Millville 1906
310 Walter A. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 283 Sep-93 To USN 1898 as Uncas (AT 51), later YT 110, struck 1922, later Joseph D. Wood, Henry W. Card, Relief
311 Dauntless C. W. Wisbee Tug 153 1893 Later C. H. Hix, Restless 1944
312 Hudson U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Revenue Cutter 174 1893 Sold 1942
313 Robert S Bradley Bradley Fertilizer Tug 121 1892  
314 Scranton Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR Co. Tug 300 1892 Later Clincher 1916, scrapped 1926
315 General Meigs U.S. Army Quartermaster Dept. Passenger 292d 1892  
316 C. N. Kimpland William E. Beard & Co. Tug 132 1892 Later Susan N Moran 1898, Diamond 8, Natalie, Marion Olsen
317            
318            
319            
320            
321            
322            
323            
324 Beronda   Yacht 17 1893  
325 Delta Mr. E. Lee Cargo/passenger 466 1893  
326 Hortense   Tug 129 1893 To USN 1893 as Takoma, later Sebago (YT 23), scrapped 1937 
327            
328            
329            
330 Nottingham Central Railroad of New Jersey Co. Tug 408 Jul-94 Burnt and scrapped 1947
331 Dorothy Annan   Tug 99 1894 Later Geo. D. Kuper, Bulle 1906
332 William F. McCauley Atlantic Towing Tug 149 1894 Later Captain Collier
333 Rosita   Tug 84 1895  
334 Tybee U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Revenue Cutter 28 1895  
335 Lamont U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tug 206 1895 Sold 1936,  John Roen 1944, Samuel E. Bool, Georgia 1972
336 Esther   Tug 27 1895  
337 Scout U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tug 150 1896  
338 Edward Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 149 1896 To USN 1917 as Tecumseh (YT 24), later YTM 24, returned to owners 1946
339            
340 Princeton (PG 13) U.S. Navy Gunboat 1010 May-98 Sold 1919
341 Navigator J. Needham Tug 414 1898 To USN 1918 as YT 39, sold 1946
342 Robert A. Van Wyck  New York Fire Department Fire Boat 203 1898 Later William L Strong 1902, retired 1948
343            
344 Isis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591 Jun-98  
345 Themis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591 Jun-98  
346            
347            
348            
349            
350 New England New England Fish Co. Fishing Vessel 230 Dec-97  
351            
352            
353            
354            
355 Echo Scully Towing & Transportation Co. Tug 413 Dec-89 Later John Scully 1903, H. C. Cadmus 1919, to USAT as LT 332 1942, George W. Whiteman 1947, deleted 1954
356            
357 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157 1898 To USQMD as Poe 1898
358 M. E. Luckenbach Edgar F. Lukenbach Tug 439 Dec-98 Later Luckenbach No.1, to USN as Barnegat WWI, G. E. Roper 1923, abandoned 1935
359            
  Dauntless No. 7 Dauntless Towing Tug 157 1898 Later John A. Dorgan
360            
361 Despatch   Pass. 21 1899  
362 E. L. Russell Gulf Refining Co. 1916 Passenger 206 1899  
363 Jacob Dykman   Tug 145 1899 Later S. O. No. 4 1906, Port Covington 1916
364 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157 Jul-99  
365 Charles Clarke Texas Oil & Transit Co Passenger 211 Aug-99  
366            
367            
368 Lackawanna Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR Co. Tug 340 1900 In collision and lost 1915 
369 Wm. J. Bradley   Tug 81 1900  
370 Abram Minis N.Y., Philadelphia & Norfolk R.R. Co. Pass. 284 May-00 Later S. T. Morgan 1910, Salisbury
371 Prudence James McWilliams Tug 292 Dec-19 Later Lawrence H. Shaw
372 Astral Standard Oil Co. Tug 616 Nov-03 Later Standard II
373 Helen Charles Gring Tug 113 1901  
374 Patience Reading Co. Tug 292 Nov-01  
375 Lewis Luckenbach Luckenbach Steamship Cargo Ship 3906 Nov-03 Torpedoed and lost 1917
376 Providence   Sailing Vessel 1651 1902  
377 Newcastle Chas. E. Davis Tug 110 1902  
378 John A. Hughes Asa Hughes Sons & others Tug 157 Aug-02  
379 Lenape H. P. Dilkes Tug 637 Nov-04 Later E. E. Johnson 1946, Good News 1961, Trident Star 1966, scrapped 1970
380 S. O. Company No. 12 Standard Transportation Co. Tug 158 Feb-03 Later S.T. Co. No. 12
381 L. Y. Schermerhorn American Dredging Co. Tug 174 Mar-03  
382 Bryn Mawr Chas. E. Davis Jr Tug 74 Apr-03 Engine and boiler only
383 Montclair D L & W R R  Tug 130 May-03  
384 Orange D L & W R R  Tug 130 Jun-03  
385 John F. Lewis Chesapeake Co. Tug 160 1904  
386            
387            
388 Blue Bell   Tug 179 1904 Later Virginian 1910
389 Edgar F. Coney South Atlantic Towboat Co. Tug 153 Jul-04  
390 Columbia Baker-Whiteley Caol Co. Tug 212 1904 Later Ionian 1916, LT-799, WWII
391 Lieut. Ord U.S. Army Quartermaster Dept. Launch 22 1905  
392            
393 Capt. Connell U.S. Army Quartermaster Dept. Launch 22 1905  
394 Jack Twohy   Tug 171 1905 To Panama Canal Commission as Bohio
395 M. E. Scully Scully Transportation Line Tug 272 1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Reliance
396 Lieut. Bumpus U.S. Army Quartermaster Dept. Launch 22 1905  
397 Cerberus U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tug 206 Jul-05 Later Maurice R Shaw 1933
398 Annie L. Vansciver Philadelphia, Rancocas & Mount Holley Transportation Co. Passenger 194 1905  
  Macadam   Tug 150 1906  
400 Concrete   Tug 150 1906  
400 Newburgh NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234 1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Mariner
401 Haverstraw NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234 1906 Later Aurora 1910
402            
403 Florence   Passenger 20 1906  
404 Managua   Barge 177 1906  
405 Masaya   Barge 177 1906  
406 Pocomoke NY, Philadelphia  & Norfolk RR Co. Tug 293 1906  
407            
408   Tucker & Walker       Engine only
409 Blanca       1906  
410 James N. Knipe American Dredging Co. Tug 109 1906  
411 Patchogue Long Island R R Co. Tug 190 1907  
412 E. G. Reynolds E.G. Reynolds et al Tug 192 1907 To Panama Canal Commission as La Boca
413            
414 Ariosa Henry Dubois Sons Tug 262 Jun-07 Later Brian McAllister
415 U. T. & L. Co. No. 1 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138 1906  
416 U. T. & L. Co. No. 2 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138 1906  
417            
418 Salutation Charles L. Walker Tug 184 1907 Engine and boiler only
419            
420            
421 Hercules Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 Dec-07 To USN as YT 13, now at the San Francisco Maritime Museum
422 Goliath Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 Dec-07 Scrapped 1952
423 Ontario New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415 May-08 Scrapped 1948
424 Western New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415 May-08 Wrecked off Shelburne NS 1926
425 Sarah E. McWilliams C. J. McWilliams Tug 294 Jul-08 Later Resolute 1916
426 J. W. Thompson J W Thompson Tug 186 1909  
427            
428            
429 Parksley Pennsylvania RR Tug 296 1909  
430            
431 La Criada United Fruit Co Tug 185 1909 To Cuba 1910
432            
433 New York Central No. 27 New York Central RR Tug 231 1910  
434 Cape Charles Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 296 1910  
435 Rancocas Hainseport Mining & Transportation Co. Tug 106 1910  
436            
437            
438 The Barnett Jacksonville Towing & Wrecking Co. Tug 194 1910 To USN 1917 as YT 29, sold 1936 as Richard Simmons, later Raymond Card 1941, scrapped 1948
439            
440            
441            
442 La Belle Alexander Winton Yacht 165 1911 Later Marold II
443 Engineer  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tug 152 1911 To Panama Canal Commission 1916
444 Greenwich Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 88 1911  
445 Vim   Freight 14 1911  
446            
447            
448            
449            
450 John J. Howlett   Tug 66 1912  
451 Caspian P. F. Martin Tug 125 1912 Later Trojan 1948, Cherokee, Denise E 1993
452 M. Moran Moran Towing & Transportation Co. Tug 256 Oct-12 Later Foremost, HS 42, M. Moran 1936
453 Thomas J. Scully Edward F. Luckenbach Tug 405 Feb-13 Later Luckenbach No. 4 1916, Nahant 1917, USN service 1918, Service No. 3 1920, John F. Harlan 1929, Gotham 1935, W. E. Hunt 1942, Good Fortune 1961, scrapped 1963
454            
455 Willard U. Taylor     244 1913  
456 Senator Bailey    Gulf Refining  Co. Tug 293 Jul-13  
457 S. M. Goucher   Tug 58 1913  
458 Fifty-Eight The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433 1913  
459 Fifty-Nine The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 398 Mar-13  
460 Sixty The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433 1913  
461 North American The Texas Steamship Co. Tug 134 1913 Later M. W. Storms
Wm. E. Chapman Merritt & Chapman Salvage Vessel 369 Mar-15 Later Dapper 1916, scrapped 1951, suspect data?